Former Seahawks player Sidney Rice sells Lake Sammamish home

Former Seahawks player Sidney Rice sold his lakefront Sammamish home for millions under its assessed value.

The 9,300-square-foot Spanish Colonial style home sold for just over $6 million on April 8, according to tax documents. The home's assessed value is around $8.2 million, as first reported by the Puget Sound Business Journal.

It's unclear whether Rice, 39, has any relationship to the private couple who purchased the home or where he plans on moving.

He did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

But the former wide receiver likely isn't taking a loss on the home. Seattle-area luxury home prices have shot up faster than nonluxury homes since he bought the home in 2013 for $2.65 million, although luxury home sales have slowed in recent years, according to Redfin.

Rice, originally from South Carolina, purchased the home less than a year before he announced his retirement from the Seahawks at age 27 after a series of injuries and a history of concussions.

Seahawks fans mourned his departure, but he stayed close to Seattle.

For someone who experienced rapid fame and career-ending injuries, a lakefront home with a private dock on Lake Sammamish likely was a relaxing place to recover. The 1997-built home with five bedrooms includes an outdoor pool overlooking the lake and 112 feet of waterfront frontage.

On social media, Rice seemed enamored with the home in the years after his purchase. He frequently posted views from his home of sunsets lighting up Lake Sammamish. (Many photos were heavily edited, but, come on, it was 2016 - who wasn't posting filtered sunset photos?)

Now, Rice is more likely to be pictured holding delicate wine stems than clutching footballs. He and real estate broker Tim Lenihan opened Dossier Wine Collective in 2021, focusing on high-end Washington wines with tasting rooms in downtown Walla Walla and Woodinville.

It's a slower life than his football career in his 20s.

The Seahawks had high hopes for Rice, who played at South Carolina and then was a second-round pick of the Vikings in 2007. The 6-foot-4 star signed a five-year deal worth up to $41 million with the Seahawks in 2011.

But his Seattle career was riddled with injuries. Rice played in just nine games in 2011 and eight in 2013. His best season was 2012 when he played in all 16 games and led the Seahawks with 50 receptions for 748 yards.

Shortly after the Seahawks won the 2014 Super Bowl, the team cut Rice. He had been due to receive $9.7 million in 2014, and releasing him saved the Seahawks $7.3 million off the salary cap.

The Seahawks re-signed him a few weeks later to a one-year, $1 million deal - hoping he might return to full health. But a few months later, Rice announced he would retire and pursue new ventures, including investing in five Wingstop restaurants.

In September, the Seahawks named Rice the 2025 Seahawks Legend Of The Year.

The announcement noted his post-football activities, including charity work. Rice launched a nonprofit earlier that year called Doers of the Good, focused on giving underserved youth access to STEM education and robotics.

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